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  "canonical_id": "nginx--CVE-2009-3898",
  "system_id": "nginx",
  "display_name": "Nginx",
  "category": "servers",
  "advisory_mode": "server",
  "title": "CVE-2009-3898",
  "summary": "Directory traversal vulnerability in src/http/modules/ngx_http_dav_module.c in nginx (aka Engine X) before 0.7.63, and 0.8.x before 0.8.17, allows remote authenticated users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the Destination HTTP header for the WebDAV (1) COPY or (2) MOVE method.",
  "published_at": "2009-11-24T17:30:00.437",
  "updated_at": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
  "severity": "medium",
  "cvss_score": 4.9,
  "exploit_status": "unknown",
  "source_confidence": "official",
  "official_source_url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-09/0379.html",
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    "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125897425223039&w=2",
    "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125900327409842&w=2",
    "http://secunia.com/advisories/36818",
    "http://secunia.com/advisories/48577",
    "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201203-22.xml",
    "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/20/1",
    "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/11/23/10"
  ],
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  "package_name": null,
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  "secure_code_topics": [
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  ],
  "status": "triage",
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}